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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 253: F582-F587, 1987;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 253, Issue 3 582-F587, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of flow rate on proximal tubule ultrastructure

A. B. Maunsbach, G. H. Giebisch and B. A. Stanton

In this study we investigated the ultrastructure of the proximal tubule during alterations in fluid flow to determine whether previously observed changes in solute and water reabsorption may be related to alterations in cell ultrastructure. In each kidney, two proximal tubules (S2 segments) were perfused simultaneously at 5 and 45 nl/min. Subsequently, cell ultrastructure of control and experimental tubules was examined by electron microscopy in combination with morphometry. Changes in flow rate greatly modified the geometry of the tubule epithelium. Enhanced flow increased luminal diameter and decreased cell height. The number of microvilli per square micrometer of luminal epithelial surface area decreased with increased flow rate from a control value of 42.5 to 35.5 at high flow. However, the total number of microvilli per millimeter tubule length did not change. Thus the distance between microvilli was dependent on flow rate and was estimated to be 621, 741, and 904 A in low flow, control, and high flow tubules, respectively. We suggest that increased flow rate, perhaps by altering transepithelial hydrostatic pressure gradients, leads to an increase in the distance between the microvilli and to other alterations in cellular ultrastructure that may contribute to the augmentation of solute and water reabsorption.


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